Search Results for ‘closest driver’

Is proximity the deciding factor for Uber & Lyft? I’ve seen people leave a club, seemingly order a car wait 5 mins to have an Uber or Lyft driver to show up. All while I was on both platforms.

I'm in LA with thousands of drivers its busy and I get a call 12 minutes away or 9 minutes away etc., so what is the algorithym doing? What's the decision making process of which drivers get which calls when it's obvious I'm not the closest avail driver?

I've had more than one passenger sitting in my car and I didn't get the ping and have an older neighbor who wanted an Uber. I was still in our neighborhood, pulled up to the building - she had to go through 3 other drivers getting the call before I got it. None were closer than me as estimated...